By Geri Stengel, Forbes Adiya Dixon Wiggins loves beauty rituals. It’s not just about looking good. It’s about feeling good. This was instilled in her at a very early age. “I grew up spending my summers with my grandmother in Northern New Jersey,” she said. Her grandmother had a beauty salon that was always packed … Continue reading Entrepreneur Builds Beauty Business By Building On Beauty Rituals
By Kathy Miller Perkins, Forbes Have you taken stock lately of where work fits into your priorities? Our jobs represent a more significant proportion of our life than any other single endeavor. No wonder we want our work to be meaningful. Of course, unless we are volunteering, we are working for a paycheck. Yet our … Continue reading Five Reasons To Work For A Woman-Owned Small Business
By Eriksen Translations, founded by WPO New York V Chapter member Vigdis Eriksen Your team has been working hard developing strong, effective copy for your global communication plan. Now it’s time for translation. Everyone is eager to see the project through to completion, and there’s no room in the timeline or budget for surprises. How … Continue reading Assessing the Translatability of Your Content
By Kathryn Swintek, Managing Partner of Golden Seeds Fund 2 Marsha Firestone, Ph.D., is the president and founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), a peer-advisory group for women entrepreneurs who own and lead multi-million dollar businesses. The group is dedicated to helping accelerate business growth, promote economic security for women-owned and women-led businesses and provide continuing … Continue reading A Q&A with Marsha Firestone, president and founder of the Women Presidents’ Organization
By Anne Stych, BizWomen Women now hold more than 20 percent of the board seats at the top 3,000 publicly-traded companies, an achievement that reaches the goal set by national advocacy group 2020 Women on Boards a year early. Data governance company Equilar Inc. analyzed gender representation on the boards of directors at companies in the Russell 3,000 Index, … Continue reading Women’s representation on boards reaches a milestone
It’s Life Insurance Awareness Month, a time to help employees achieve a lifetime of financial wellness, starting with life insurance. Employers who support the financial wellness of their employees and help reduce their financial stress can improve job satisfaction and productivity, and better retain their talent.* It can all begin with one simple conversation, and … Continue reading 3 Ways to Help Your Employees Achieve Financial Wellness with Life Insurance
By Chaya Weiner, Thrive Global Spending time with your children is essential for the development of these roots and the foundational understanding of what is expected as well as what is appropriate and valued. These roots are more than a parent’s love or pride and they are not about the quantity of time but rather … Continue reading Margery Kraus: “Spending time with your children is essential for the development of self-confidence and to fuel personal achievement”
By Lindsay Tigar, Fast Company There are many theories about how long it takes to form a habit. Some say 21 days. Others argue it’s more like 60, or more. Whatever the case, some aspects of our routine are beneficial to our personal and professional growth, while others just slow us down. For leaders who are … Continue reading 8 Female Executives On The Habits They Gave Up
By Carla Harris, Swaay Thirty years on Wall Street has taught me a few things about being a woman in the business world that I’d like to share with the next generation of multicultural women who want to start and scale a business. In the early days of my career, I had my own personal … Continue reading 5 Ways To Galvanize The Next Generation Of Multicultural Businesses Owners
By Anne Stych, BizWomen Public perception has finally caught up with the idea that women are as competent as men — or even more so, a new study found. The increased confidence in women’s abilities over several decades has been driven by women’s steadily-increasing participation in the workforce and increased attainment of advanced degrees, researchers … Continue reading Public Perception Finally agrees: Women are as Competent as Men
By Phyllis Newhouse, CEO of Xtreme Solutions, Inc. and Member of the WPO Advisory Board and Zenith I Chapter How engaged are you in your finances? Some avoid dealing with their personal finances because they experience financial fear or believe they lack expertise, with many married women today still leaving investments and money management to their husbands. Or, … Continue reading How I became the CFO of my own life
By Geri Stengel, Forbes The number one concern of million-dollar-plus women-led businesses is talent recruitment and retention, according to the 2019 EY WPO Business Outlook. More than one third of respondents— 37% — said that attracting and retaining talent was a challenge. The survey was conducted among EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women participants. These are successful and ambitious … Continue reading Better Benefits Means A Better Bottom Line
By Maril MacDonald, Founder & CEO of Gagen MacDonald and WPO board member; The Holmes Report Large companies today are contending with an astonishing array of challenges. They must simultaneously continually reinvent themselves to fend off disruption, deliver quarterly results to satisfy shareholders, compete for top talent in a brutal battlefield, confront political instability and uncertainty, protect their brand and reputation, and … Continue reading From Project To Movement: Unleashing The Potential Of Business Transformation
By Barbara Yastine, Managing Director of Golden Seeds Fundraising takes hard work and a lot of time. So, it is no surprise that once the checks clear, entrepreneurs are eager to get back to building their businesses. Their investors want that, too. However, once the money is in the bank, some entrepreneurs may forego building … Continue reading How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Investors into Champions
By Aytekin Tank, Entrepreneur Back in 1897, Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal — winner of the Nobel Prize — wrote a book called Advice for a Young Investigator. He argued that instead of spending hours reviewing books, lectures and broad research, scientists should focus deeply on a single object of study. This state, he wrote, “refines judgment, enriches … Continue reading Why Entrepreneurs Need to Do One Thing at a Time